Sample Position Descriptions for Digital Government Jobs

Use and customize these sample position descriptions to hire your own digital gov team. Position descriptions, as defined by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), include an official series, title, and grade based on the results of a classification determination.

Accessibility

• Web Development and Accessibility Specialist (Word document, 22 KB, 1 page, September 2012)

Analytics

• Web Analytics Manager, GS-14 (Word document, 30 KB, 1 page, September 2012)

Content Management / Strategy

• Content Strategist (IT Specialist) GS-12 (PDF, 75 KB, 7 pages, July 2014)
• Health Systems Specialist (DigitalGov) GS-14 (Word document, 21 KB, 4 pages, July 2014)
• Content Coordinator, General (Word document, 19 KB, 1 page, September 2012)
• National Web Content Manager (Word document, 18 KB, 1 page, September 2012)
• Content Strategist (IT Specialist), GS-12 (Word document, 33.5 KB, 1 page, September 2012)

Design

• Design and Publishing Specialist, GS-14 (Word document, 23 KB, 1 page, September 2012)
• Visual Information Specialist, GS-11 (Word document, 23 KB, 2 page, September 2012)
• Web Designer (Technical), GS-9 (Word document, 23 KB, 2 page, September 2012)
• Web Designer (Visual Info Spec), GS-9 (Word document, 23 KB, 2 page, September 2012)

Entry Level / Intern / Detailee

• Usability Detailee / Entry Level (Word document, 18 KB, 3 pages, September 2012)
• Multimedia Intern (Word document, 89 KB, 3 pages, September 2012)
• Multimedia Producer Detailee (Word document, 94 KB, 3 pages, September 2012)
• Usability and User Experience Intern (Word document, 20 KB, 3 pages, September 2012)

Management

• Supervisory Web Communications Administrator, GS-15 (PDF, 116 KB, 11 pages, July 2014)
• Deputy Director of Web and New Media (SES) (Word document, 53 KB, 4 pages, May 2009)
• Director of Digital Strategy, GS-15 (Word document, 29 KB, 3 pages, September 2012)

Multilingual

• Bilingual Content Manager, GS-13 (Word document, 38 KB, 2 pages, September 2012)
• Digital Engagement–Multilingual, GS-09 (PDF, 197 KB, 2 page, July 2014)
• Digital Engagement–Multilingual, GS-11 (PDF, 197 KB, 2 page, July 2014)

Project Management

• Program Management Analyst (Web Project Coordinator), GS-12 (Word document, 21 KB, 2 page, September 2012)
• Program Management Analyst (Web Project Coordinator), GS-13 (Word document, 21 KB, 2 page, September 2012)

Social Media

• Public Affairs Specialist (Social Media), GS-11 (Word document, 21 KB, 5 pages, July 2014)
• New Media Associate, GS-11/12 (Word document, 34.5 KB, 1 page, September 2012)
• New Media Specialist, GS-11 (Word document, 20 KB, 1 page, September 2012)
• New Media Technician, GS-13 (Word document, 58.5 KB, 1 page, September 2012)
• Social Media Manager, GS-14 (Word document, 41 KB, 3 pages, September 2013)
• Social Media Manager, GS-14 (Word document, 34.5 KB, 1 page, September 2012)

Search

• IT Specialist (Search) GS-2210-11

Usability / User Experience

Job posting examples of User Centered Design and research.

• Cognitive Research / Psychology

  • Research Psychologist – Army (Word document, 13 KB, 2 pages, Feb. 2015)
  • Research Psychologist – U.S. Census (Word document, 8 KB, 2 pages, Feb. 2015)
  • Computer Scientist – NIST (Word document, 12 KB, 2 pages, Feb. 2015)

• Customer Experience

  • Customer Experience Officer – Dept. of Education (PDF, 12 KB, 3 pages, Feb. 2015)

• Information Architecture

  • Information Architect – Library of Congress (Word document, 6 KB, 2 pages, Feb. 2015)

• User Experience Design

  • User Interface Designer – Veterans Affairs (Word document, 7 KB, 3 pages, Feb. 2015)
  • User Experience Designer – CFPB (Word document, 7 KB, 2 pages, Feb. 2015)
  • User Experience Designer – U.S. Trade and Patent Office (Word document, 7 KB, 2 pages, Feb. 2015)

• User Experience Research

  • Senior Usability Specialist – Federal Aviation Administration (Word document, 6 KB, 2 pages, Feb. 2015)
  • Program Analyst, Usability – GSA (Word document, 5 KB, 1 page, Feb. 2015)
  • Usability Specialist – HHS (Word document, 8 KB, 3 pages, Feb. 2015)
  • Usability Specialist – Veterans Affairs (Word document, 7 KB, 3 pages, Feb. 2015)
  • Engineering Psychologist – U.S. Trade and Patent Office (Word document, 8 KB, 3 pages, Feb. 2015)

Find additional position templates on Usability.gov

Additional Resources

• Introduction to the Position Classification Standards (OPM) (PDF, 449 KB, 73 pages, September 2009)
• OPM Hiring Reform
• Create a job announcement:
  • Position Description (PDF, 555 KB, 8 pages, September 2011)
  • Job Analysis (PDF, 88 KB, 2 pages, September 2011)
  • Factor Questions (Word document, 15 KB, 3 pages, September 2011)
  • Job Announcement (Word document, 35 KB, 12 pages, September 2011)